"I got way too wastey-pants one night in a new town trying to make some friends and settle in. I was blackout drunk by midnight, with no phone, no money and no idea where I was and I couldn't find my way home," wrote Quirk.

She said that she eventually passed out in -30 degrees Celsius weather before being found at 5:45 a.m. curled up outside a nursing home. The next thing she remembered is waking up to a nurse saying she's lucky to keep her hands.

Believe it or not, the name of the specialist looking after her hands was Dr. Friesen -- Quirk spells it as "Freezin."